Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.

The WV Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority would not be fiscally impacted by changing the payment responsibility allocation methodology. The proposal simply changes the governmental entity responsible for paying the incarceration costs.
The WV Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority would be fiscally impacted by changing the amount billed for incarcerations less than 24 hours. The WV Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority annual revenues would be reduced approximately $414,000** by the proposed per diem reductions for incarceration periods less than 24 hours.